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Africa: Live54+ and the Consolidation Play Reshaping Africa’s Creative Capital Markets

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago07 mins

The formal launch of Live54+ marks a significant development in the maturation of Africa’s creative industries from culturally influential but structurally fragmented enterprises into a consolidated, investment-grade platform. Headquartered in Nairobi with coordination hubs in Dubai and Mauritius, the group unifies several established East and West African creative businesses under a single multinational holding framework,…

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Africa’s Creative Industries Need Long-Term Investment in Talent, Experts Say

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

Africa’s growing global visibility in fashion, music, film and other creative fields must be matched with long-term investment in talent development, industry experts have said. ALSO READ: New platform to trace Rwandan artistes’ revenues in ‘hidden’ royalties Although African creatives are gaining international attention through social media, festivals and streaming platforms, many still struggle to…

Call of Duty movie gets blockbuster creative team

eriinfo.com5 months ago03 mins

Following last month’s confirmation that the Call of Duty video game franchise is officially making the leap to the big screen, creative details for the motion picture project are now emerging. Deadline reports that the movie will be helmed by a proven team: Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg. Read: OpenAI prepares for potential $1 trillion…

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Africa: G20 Called to Support Creative Industries

eriinfo.com5 months ago05 mins

The African Union (AU) has called on the Group of Twenty (G20) members to support inclusive financing frameworks for the cultural and creative industries. Addressing the fourth G20 Culture Working Group Meeting, AU Head of the Culture Division, Angela Martins, noted that Africa’s creative industries, ranging from film, music, fashion and design to digital arts…

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Africa: G20 South Africa Poised to Catalyze Industrial, Creative, and Trade Transformation Across the African Continent

eriinfo.com5 months ago08 mins

As global attention increasingly shifts toward Africa’s demographic and economic rise, South Africa prepares to take center stage by hosting the G20 Leaders’ Summit on November 22-23, 2025. The event marks the culmination of South Africa’s historic G20 Presidency–an unprecedented milestone as the first and potentially only time an African nation will lead the influential…

Women in martech: Inspiring the next generation of creative female techies

eriinfo.com8 months ago010 mins

Everlytic helps businesses connect more meaningfully with their audiences through email, SMS and web push campaigns – so essentially, it’s where powerful communication meets elegant automation – and women are helping lead that charge – combining tech and marketing best practice! Says Louise Krog, marketing manager at Everlytic: “Whether it’s building new product features, improving…

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Africa: Helios Expands Bet On Africa’s Creative Sector With $75m Fund

eriinfo.com8 months ago05 mins

TLDR Helios Investment Partners is scaling up its presence in Africa’s creative sector with a new $75 million fund targeting sports and entertainment The London-based private equity firm’s specialist arm secured $50 million in equity from development finance institutions to support the strategy Helios’s strategy builds on its 2021 investment in NBA Africa, which valued…

Entries Open for Free Timbuktoo Creative Hub Programme

eriinfo.com9 months ago04 mins

A partnership between The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UVU Africa via UVU Accelerate, the entrepreneurial development and incubation arm, has launched the timbuktoo Creative Hub Ideation Incubation Programme, a virtual incubator designed for early-stage creative entrepreneurs across Africa. The six-week intensive programme will provide structured support to help creative founders validate their business concepts, develop entrepreneurial…